[Elijah Lynn]

SOLUTION:

After an aggravated attempt tonight to once again get this working because it is just such a pain to export a file and then reconvert in Flash. I finally figured it out.

I had Flash 8 installed previously but it did not work, I upgraded to Flash 9 (CS3) and still no go. Just minutes ago I found this at Adobe’s website and was excited to possibly have found the solution.

It says:

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“Export to FLV” unavailable in QuickTime Pro or other video application on Intel-based Mac.

On Intel-based Macs the option to export to FLV will not be available in QuickTime Pro (or other applications that use QuickTime as their exporter, such as Final Cut Pro).

The Flash 8 QuickTime exporter plug-in (FLV.component) is not a Universal Binary. As a result QuickTime cannot ‘see’ it, and the export will not be available. This issue only effects Flash 8 and earlier. The Flash CS3 Professional exporter is a Universal Binary.

To resolve, set QuickTime Player to run in Rosetta mode:

1. Select QuickTime Player in the Applications folder.
2. Choose File> Get Info.
3. In the General section, choose “Open using Rosetta”.

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Well, that was hopeful but it did not work for me. So, I checked the “date created” on the FLV.component in /library/quicktime folder and it said 2005. I renamed the flv.component to flv.component.bak and then figured out how to completely uninstall in OS X with an application called “AppCleaner” and decided to give it a go (there were quite a few competitive choices).I uninstalled Flash Media Encoder AND Flash 8 since the upgrade to Flash 9 did not do this during the upgrade.

Then I reinstalled “Flash Media Encoder” from my CS3 discs. I rechecked the folder and enabled the “version” column of my library/quicktime folder and I saw that a new flv.component file was created, the version was the same, “2,1,0,494” BUT the “date created” was “today” (odd). Then I noticed that the file size of the new file was 14 MB while the old file was 19.9 MB and was immediately hopeful once again! So I restarted OS X and WALLAH!

I now have a export > using Quicktime conversion > Flash Video (FLV) option and it works! It does not give the progress indicator like some said but the processor is chugging away.

So, the short simple steps to enable the FLV option in FCP are:

1. Rename /library/quicktime/flv.component to flv.component.bak
2. Uninstall Flash Media Encoder using AppCleaner
3. Reinstall “Flash Media Encoder” (CS3)
4. Restart OS X
5. Open up Final Cut Pro and save tons of time making FLV files!
6. Post back here to let me know it worked!

[Elijah Lynn]

I just installed/upgraded to Flash 9 (CS3) and I still do not have that option in my Export to Quicktime Conversion.

I am crosslinking this thread because it is relevant.

[Elijah Lynn]

Looks like I never crosslinked the thread. I recently installed Flash 9 (CS3) and I still do not have the option to export to FLV from within Final Cut Pro.

Here is the thread I started for my issue. Hopefully I will fix it soon and this will help some others.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1014289

[Elijah Lynn]

Hey Rafael,

Thanks for the reply. I have contacted David Weiss for further consulting with my project. It is time for some one on one realtime human talk.

[Elijah Lynn]

Hopefully when they do their native AVCHD support is solid.

I am expecting it to come out “after” the new OS comes out though. It makes more sense to me that way.

[Elijah Lynn]

Let’s say I have a finished DVD and a put the DVD into a 15″ crt and also another Toshiba 22″ LCD with built in DVD the picture looks pretty good on both of them.

Would progressive be noticeably visible on a DVD with one of those configurations? What would I be looking for when playing progressive footage back on a DVD player?

[Elijah Lynn]

Can you take a picture with your phone and send it to your email address then upload it to a post?

[Elijah Lynn]

Hmm, both computers I tested it on, one pc and one mac, show the compressed version linked above doing a subtle bob up and down. It also happens on the DVD + crt combo.

You sure you guys don’t see that? There are other tiles improted as movies (not by me) and they are perfectly still.

I will try to do some of the suggestions.

[Elijah Lynn]

Thanks for your help Rafael. Gonna pick this back up tomorrow and go home to sleep for a few hours.

One question, if everything plays on a DVD then it means everything ended up being interlaced right?

Cheers

[Elijah Lynn]

I have never even opened live type before yesterday. But I am going to assume you mean export an image. Export movie is greyed out. I will export a .png file.